Mumbai will soon get five new permanent air quality monitoring stations. The five stations will add to the 28 monitors already operating under Safar, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

At present, the city has 14 CAAQM stations, 9 SAFAR stations, and 5 BMC stations. With the new units, Mumbai will have 33 CAAQM stations. The BMC will also buy four new mobile vans for air quality checks. The civic body now has only one such vehicle.

The new stations will come up in the following areas:

1. CD Deshmukh Park in Mulund West

2. Pramod Mahajan Park in Dadar West

3. Chhota Kashmir in Aarey-Goregaon East

4. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Recreation Ground in Dahisar East

5. K West ward office in Andheri West.

These sites were chosen aft

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